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Is citrus a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word citrus is a Scrabble US word. The word citrus is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is citrus a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word citrus is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

C3I1T1R1U1S1

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Yes. The word citrus is a Words With Friends word. The word citrus is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (3 found)

CITRUS,RICTUS,RUSTIC,

5-letter words (7 found)

CRITS,CRUST,CUITS,CURSI,CURST,CUTIS,ICTUS,

4-letter words (21 found)

CIST,CITS,CRIS,CRIT,CRUS,CUIT,CURS,CURT,CUTS,RITS,RUCS,RUST,RUTS,SCUR,SCUT,STIR,SUIT,TICS,TUIS,URIC,UTIS,

3-letter words (19 found)

CIS,CIT,CRU,CUR,CUT,ITS,RIT,RUC,RUT,SIC,SIR,SIT,SRI,SUI,SUR,TIC,TIS,TUI,UTS,

2-letter words (8 found)

IS,IT,SI,ST,TI,UR,US,UT,

You can make 58 words from citrus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of citrus

citrus

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably via Etruscan from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros); compare Middle English citurtre, cytyr tre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪtɹəs/

Noun

citrus (plural citruses or (rare) citrusses or (rare) citri)

  1. Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.
  2. The fruit of such plants, generally spherical, oblate, or prolate, consisting of an outer glandular skin (called zest), an inner white skin (called pith or albedo), and generally between 8 and 16 sectors filled with pulp consisting of cells with one end attached to the inner skin. Citrus fruits include orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime, and citron.

Hypernyms

  • (fruit): fruit

Derived terms

  • citral
  • citrange
  • citrantin
  • citric acid
  • citropten
  • citrusin
  • Citrus County
  • citrus greening
  • citrus fruit

Related terms

  • citrous

Translations

Adjective

citrus (not generally comparable, comparative more citrus, superlative most citrus)

  1. Of, relating to, or similar to citrus plants or fruit.

Synonyms

  • citrous

Anagrams

  • Curtis, Turcis, rictus, rustic

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin citrus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɪtrus]
  • Hyphenation: ci‧t‧rus

Noun

citrus m inan

  1. citrus

Declension

Further reading

  • citrus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • citrus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Citrus or Latin citrus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsi.trʏs/
  • Hyphenation: ci‧trus

Noun

citrus f (plural citrussen)

  1. A citrus, a tree of the genus Citrus.
    Synonym: citrusboom
  2. A citrus fruit, a fruit from a tree of the genus Citrus.
    Synonym: citrusvrucht
  3. (Suriname) An orange tree.
    Synonyms: appelsienboom, sinaasappelboom
  4. (uncountable, rare) Citrus juice, juice from citrus fruits.

Derived terms

  • citrusboom
  • citruspers
  • citrusvrucht

Latin

Etymology

Probably via Etruscan from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈki.trus/, [ˈkɪt̪rʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.trus/, [ˈt͡ʃiːt̪rus]

Noun

citrus f (genitive citrī); second declension

  1. citron tree
  2. thuja

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

  • Translingual: Citrus
  • French: citron
  • → English: citrine, citron, citrus
  • Italian: cedro
  • Lombard: zeder
  • Piedmontese: sitron

References

  • “citrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • citrus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Anagrams

  • rictus

Source: wiktionary.org